Ideas for Song Activities
Incorrect Word In each sentences there is one incorrect word. Listen and correct it. 1) I saw the news today oh boy 2) About a unlucky man who made the grade 3) And though the news was rather happy 4) Well I just had to cry 5) I saw the article, he blew his mind out in a car 6) A crowd of people ran and stared. Blank Space Match the appropriate word in the correct space. Two of them will not be used a)war b)face c)turned d)fake Jumbled Sentences The words to the chorus are jumbled. Write them in the correct order. 1)you / my / and / If / think / sexy / on / let / know / want /body / you/ I´m / on / me / sugar ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
Multiple Choice Complete the lyrics with the appropriate synonym of what you hear 1)I never loved nobody__________ a)truly b)completely c)partially 2)Always one foot on the __________ a)floor b)sky c)plants More Antonyms Circle the antonym of the word that has been removed from the song. Time goes by so 1. _____ a) hurriedly b) sluggishly
1)They´d seen his________ before 2) If he was_______House of Lords 3) I saw a _______today oh boy Lyric Ordering Place the lyrics in the order that you hear them. __Dragged a comb across my head __And somebody spoke and I went into a dream __And looking up I noticed I was late __Made the bus in seconds flat __Woke up, fell out of bed Sentence finishing
c) lethargically
Match the lines of the song according to what you hear
When there´s nowhere___ Is there room__ One more son If you can__ a)the back of my broken hand b)I wanna let go c)no you dont, you don´t d)else to run
Cloze/Letter format Read the following letter and place the missing words where they belong with a partner a)stumble e)me f)went b)straight c)her d)could
Dictation Part II-Finish the half of the sentence that is missing 1)You say black____________________ 2)You say bark ____________________ 3)And I don´t like___________________ Lyric Ordering with Classmates Place the lyrics in the correct order with your classmates E Goldenrod and the 4H stone, the things I brought you, when I found out you had cancer of the bone J Your father cried on the telephone, and he drove his car into the navy yard, just to prove that he was sorry B In the morning, through the window shade, when the light pressed up against your shoulder blade, I could see what you were reading Antonyms Each line has one word which has been switched with an antonym. Listen and correct the word 1) My big China girl, you shouldn´t mess with me. 2) I´ll fix everything you are 3) I´ll take from you a television
Dear Bob, Most of the time, I´m clear focused all around. Most of the time I can keep both _______(1) on the ground. I can follow the path and I can read the _________(2). I stay right wit h it when the road unwinds. I can handle whatever I _________(3) upon.
Comprehension/Pre-song Part I-Make a list of five common complaints girlfriends and boyfriends make about each other. Do the complaints differ according to sex? Part II-We are going to listen to a song about an argument between a couple. Look at the expressions from the song. What do you think the problem between them is? had enough/on my own/why can´t I explain//we argued just the other night/I don´t care /see the film tonight/lovely to me on the telephone/doesn´t understand/talk it out/mad at me Part III-Listen to the song and put the expressions in the order you hear them
Missing Vowels The song is missing only two letters-decide which ones are missing and complete as much of the song as possible I´m t i r d o f v r y o n I k n o w o f v r y o h s t r t n d o nT V, y ho n t h o t h r s i d r s i d n o b o d y ´s w i t i n gf o r m o n t d I h t t h m l l, I h t t h m l l I h t m y s l f g t h m s o d r i n k s om m o r I ´l l l o v t l d r i n k v n m o r I´l l h t t h m v n m o r b f o r o n t h o t h r s i d o n n I s o n t o n t h o t h h o t h r s i f o r h t i n h m l l I ´l t h n I d i d
Verb Conjugation Each sentence contains a verb that is conjugated incorrectly. 1)He´s gotten morning glory and life´s a different story 2)Everything´s go Jackanory Touched with his own mortality
True/False Listen to the first two verses of the song and decide if the following statements are true or false. 1)The singer is on the Sloop John B with his grandfather. 2)They weren´t drinking all night. Parentheses Choose the correct answer in parentheses There once was a man who just (couldn't / wouldn’t) cry He (didn’t / hadn't) cried for years and for years Napalmed (babies / children) Verb Filling Complete the lines of the song with verbs from the box below. You will not necessarily hear the verbs in their infinitive form, and some verbs are used more than once. take accomplish say have is come pray keep turn are cover arrive speak fall appear When he __________ the three disciples to the mountainside to __________, his countenance __________ modified, his clothing was aflame Two men appeared: Moses and Elijah __________; they __________ at his side.